LYONS, Ga. (WJCL) — Local farmers are honoring the memory of someone who left us all too soon.

The Vidalia Onion Business Council is now taking applications for the Courtney Wilkes Agriculture and Veterinary Scholarship.

Courtney, was a 15 year old Toombs County High school student who was killed in June, 2011.

She was murdered while on vacation with her family in Florida.

Stephen Cozzie was eventually convicted of her murder.

The scholarship is available for high school seniors who are studying in the agriculture or veterinary fields.

“The Vidalia onion growers decided that this is the way to keep this going,” said Bob Stafford, Vidalia Onion Business Council. “And so they got together to get up the money to keep the scholarship for at least $1,000 for at least 20 years.”

It could end up being a good thing that the 12-person jury deciding whether former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez killed Odin Lloyd in 2013 has six alternates. They eventually may all be needed. According to the Hartford Courant (via Deadspin), a female juror has been excused after a private hearing involving Judge E. Susan…

NEW YORK (AP) – Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger says the measles outbreak is having no discernible impact on attendance at its parks and resorts.

In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Iger says in the current quarter both attendance and bookings are higher than at the same time last year. He did say parents with children under the age for inoculation should be cautious about bringing them to any large public place like Disneyland, including mass transportation and movie theaters.

Measles has been spreading since an outbreak linked to Disney’s Southern California parks last month. It now totals about 95 people.

Separately Tuesday, the entertainment company’s quarterly profit and revenue beat expectations, driven by strong growth at its parks and resorts, television channels and in sales of “Frozen” merchandise.

Shares rose 4 percent in aftermarket trading.

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) — If you call 911 and can’t talk, dispatchers say don’t worry. Even if you hang up, Chatham county dispatchers say they’ll always call back and respond.

Lt. Jeff Olson is the communications commander with Savannah Chatham Metro Police. He says the much talked about Super Bowl commercial portrayed dispatchers in a good light. In the commercial, a woman calls 911 and pretends to order a pizza. The dispatcher quickly realizes she is in distress and begins asking questions.

“I was impressed and being the commander of the 911 center here I know that we do similar things and our people are trained to do the same that was shown on the commercial,” Olson said.

Thirty-six weeks of interactive training is the bare minimum the dispatchers must undergo before they’re allowed to answer a call alone.

“We have a lot of calls ranging from a 911 hangup, which is someone doesn’t say anything at all and in those cases we immediately attempt to make contact,” Olson said.

Chatham county dispatchers are trained to ask “yes” or “no” questions if they believe a caller cannot speak openly about his or her situation. Olson says even if a person claims the 911 call was an accident, the caller must be thoroughly convincing.

“And if we don’t make contact it generates an immediate response if we do make contact then the person has to be convincing that they do not need emergency services otherwise that will generate a response as well,’ said Olson. “So unless someone is very convincing that they’re not in distress we send them help.”